Surveys of postpartum depression in Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Hidekazu Nishigori; Junichi Sugawara; Taku Obara; Toshie Nishigori; Kineko Sato; Takashi Sugiyama; Kunihiro Okamura; Nobuo Yaegashi

doi:10.1007/s00737-014-0459-y

Surveys of postpartum depression in Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Hidekazu Nishigori, Junichi Sugawara, Taku Obara, Toshie Nishigori, Kineko Sato, Takashi Sugiyama, Kunihiro Okamura, Nobuo Yaegashi

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Abstract

This study explores the correlation between the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the incidence of postpartum depression in Miyagi prefecture, Japan. The design used was a cross-sectional study with self-administered questionnaires, 6–9 months after the disaster. The results showed the prevalence of postnatal women with Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) score of ≥9 to be 21.3 %. Multivariate analysis showed that exposure to tsunami (odds ratio, 1.80; 95 % confidence interval, 1.16–2.78) was significantly and independently associated with an EPDS score of ≥9. Postnatal women and their children should be treated as a vulnerable population, and a protective framework must be established to prepare for future devastating disasters.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	579-581
Number of pages	3
Journal	Archives of Women's Mental Health
Volume	17
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-014-0459-y
Publication status	Published - 2014 Nov 20

Keywords

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
Great East Japan Earthquake
Postpartum depression
Tsunami

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Surveys of postpartum depression in Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake

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